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Kayfield & Company "Guitar Legends" is a power trio paying tribute to the greatest guitarists and music of our times!

Ron E. Kayfield is self taught with years of experience playing everything from blues and classical to metal. Born to play guitar! Loves all forms of music.

Ron's early influences were blues and jazz from his mother Sally. As a young woman, she was in the entertainment business, starting with the Rockettes and later as an extra in Hollywood, under contract with Warner Brothers Pictures. From his father, Al, he was introduced to the European gypsey guitar style, eg. Django Reinhardt. When Sally saw Ron's interest in the guitar she gave him Eric Clapton Bluesbreakers and the Yardbird LP's and said, "Well, if you've got to play the guitar, here's someone you should listen too." She also turned Ron onto Ray Charles, BB King, Albert King and Nat King Cole.

Ron was also taught technique by his mentor Jimmy Zaleski, an advanced player who earlier on had the same influences of the legendary British guitarists; Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

Long before American Idol, Ron competed in an East Coast Talent contest and his first band Springhouse won the competion. Ron was awarded best guitarist trophy by Radio Celebrity and Host Hy Lit. Ron has always believed that his research into an album collection of imports unreleased in the USA at the time helped him and his band win. The two main albums in the collection were Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced" and Led Zeppelin 1. When Ron saw Zep 1 he said, "Oh so this is Jimmy Pages new band!!!!!!" So if you think about it, Ron, was one of the first American guitarist to play Led Zeppelin to a live audience. A talent scout, impressed with Ron's performance ask him if he would like to be a member of the houseband at the Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood. With his mom and dad's permisson and blessings he went from Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Twp., Pennsylvania to Belaire, California overnight! At the Whiskey he met many music celebrities.

Ron received a tip from a friend in New York City that Johnny Thunders was re-forming "The New York Dolls" under the new name "The Heartbreakers". So Ron packed up and moved to New York City to audition, and while there he met Jimi Hendrix. He got the gig with The Heartbreakers and the line up was Ron, Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls), Richard Hell (Television and the Voidoids) and Jerry Nolan (New York Dolls). They frequently played CBGB's.

After awhile, Ron moved back to Philadelphia, where he met and married his soulmate, Marsha. In the mid to late 70's, Len Murray, a local radio personality and Ron formed the band Prowler, playing the New Jersey club scene to packed venues because back then the drinking age was 18 and the band was a cut above the local competition. This is where Ron met Noel Haggerty and they resurrected another popular band, Pegasus. Feeling creatively unfulfilled playing covers, he wanted to work on originals with a collaborator. He met John Corabi (Motley Crue), they hit it off, started writing and formed the band Fragile with other members Billy Childs (Britney Fox) on Bass and Adam Ferraioli on Drums. Tired of playing clubs, they decided to put a Led Zeppelin Tribute show together with the movie "The Song Remains The Same" and play theaters with the hope of merchandising their newly recorded original music to the fans. The formula was a huge success and they were the first professional Zep Tribute band on the East Coast.

During Fragile, he worked at a local music store, MacLaren's Music, where he started to earn a good reputation as a repairman of stringed instruments. For extra cash, Ron would use his connection to go backstage at concerts to sell collectible guitars to famous musicians. This is when he met the members of UFO, Cheap Trick and Ozzy. During an Ozzy/UFO tour in 1982 Ron was asked to demonstrate a guitar for Ozzy that he wanted to buy for Brad Gillis, his guitarist after Randy's untimely death. (Ozzy loved buying guitars for his guitar players.) Ron already knew and performed Ozzy/Randy songs from the club days with Fragile and Ozzy was impressed with Ron's playing because Ron reminded him of Randy. When Ozzy returned to England and started to reform his new line up, which included Pete Way on bass (UFO). Ozzy wanted Ron on guitar and had Pete Way make the travel arrangements with Ron and Marsha. Ozzy sent two plane tickets for Ron and his wife to relocate to England. It was hard for Ron to part with John Corabi, but with the blessings of his Fragile band mates, Marsha and Ron packed up and began their new adventure to England. In the week it took them to pack and fly to England, Pete had been dismissed by Ozzy because the drummer, Tommy Aldridge had a problem working with him and there were other personal issues. So Pete met Ron and Marsha at Heathrow Airport and spirited them away to Twickenham to keep Ron and Ozzy out of touch. Pete told them Ozzy was messed up, but all was not lost, they could form their own band. By the time Ozzy found Ron months later Ron was under contract with Chrysalis Records. And so, that is how Ron became a founding member of the Chrysalis Records group 'Waysted'. Kayfield's song writing talent scored 2 hits in Europe, Germany and Japan. Their video 'Love Loaded' received air play on MTV, but was banded in Georgia due to one scene. Waysted toured the UK and Europe with Ronnie James Dio and the U.S. with Ozzy and Motley Crue, the start of Ozzfest.

Upon leaving Waysted and returning to the U.S. formed the band Saints & Sinners and teamed up with award winning producer John Sembella (Pointer Sisters, Chaka Kahn, George Benson) and started recording.

Saints & Sinners line up was Top Kilson, Dr. Ray Kaz, Craig "Stick" Soma, Kenny V. and Buddy Cash; on Rapture Records with CBS Distribution, the band Saints and Sinner released several albums and toured the Mid-west and in Florida opening for Nitro.

Ron received a call from Fox Entertainment in Delaware asking him if he would be interested in rehearsing for a week in preparation for a special reunion concert performing with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding formerly of the 'Jimi Hendrix Experience' at the Delaware Music Festival in 1986. Ron never would have imagined when he first found that album years before, which helped start his career, that he would oneday be hanging out and performing with Noel and Mitch!!!!! He was actually playing with Jimi Hendrix's band mates!

In 1992 Ron and Marsha purchased the music store "MacLaren's" and changed the name to Arpeggio. They began a successful career repairing guitars and hand making their own line of guitars under the name Arpeggio Korina Guitars. During this time Ron was so busy with the store repair business and hand making guitars that his personal guitar sat in the case because he didn't have the time to play it. After eight years of being tied to the store he felt it was time to start playing again and called some friends.

In 2003 Ron decided to form another Led Zeppelin tribute band Get The Led Out. In GTLO, Ron duplicated Jimmy Page's performance right down to the violin bow and theremine, exciting audiences everywhere they performed, selling out such venues as The Keswick Theater, Sellersville Theater, Colonial Theater and Penns Peak. Ron had formed so many Zep bands over the years that he craved versatility and left.

Ron had been thinking about creating a new show for a long time called Kayfield & Co. "Guitar Legends", which would feature not only Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, but also his other favorites such as Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, etc., and with this type of show he is able to perform his original music. The band members for Kayfield & Co. Guitar Legends are longtime friend Top Kilson and Bob Jones.

Top Kilson

Top is not just a musical art-link, but a laborist, romanticing the ROCK! Bassist/multi-instrumentist/songwriter Top Kilson aka Top Secret a Philadelphia, PA native developed his music skills playing drums and percussions in his early-teens, then moved to bass.

He found jazz through his father, Pop, and heart-felt shades of blues from his mom. It turned into a journey of discovering roots in the delta - opening doors to Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Johnny Winters, Jimi and the British invasion. During the school years, he jammed with jazz legends Max Roaches Sextet and Stanley Clarks Band 'Live'

Top also recorded and toured the Mid-west & east coast as a member of 'Ron E. Kayfield's SAINTS AND SINNERS' - his long-time friend and broski. Saints and Sinners was a theatrical outlet that enforced a strong bottom end to the music.

Top met Ron many, many moons ago through a battle of the bands competition at the Upper Darby High School. The members of his band 'Redbush' went there and he was there to watch the concert with them. Ron was in the process of forming his band 'Springhouse', which went on to win the competition, and was struggling with the bass players lack of ability. Ron says of Top, 'All of a sudden the bass sounded great and I turned around to see Top playing. He saved the show for me.' They've been friends ever since!

And now he has reunited with his longtime friend Ron E. Kayfield for this new project 'Guitar Legends'.

Once again with friends......so let it ROCK!

Bob Jones

Bob Jones is the son of rock drumming legend Ralph Jones of Bill Haley & the Comets. Through his father, who in 1957 was voted in Down Beat Magazine as one of the Best Drummers in the country and fifty years later appeared in an artical in Modern Drummer Magazine as one of the top rock n roll drummers of all time, played his first job at the age of fourteen. He has worked with many of the areas top Rock, Jazz, R & B and Big Bands through the years. Throughout his career he has got to meet and play with many famous people.

"Drumming is in the Jones blood," Bob states, "my son, Dennis, is an up and coming drummer in the area, my brother plays, all my cousins play and even my four grandsons want to be drummers. My drum idols besides my father are Louie Belson, Peter Erskin and David Garibal."

"I am so glad to finish up my long career with the greats of Ron & Top. Playing with them has turned the clock back forty years. At this time, I am having the best time of my life playing drums with these guys! "

Love to All Our Friends!